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3. Religious and spiritual practices in Latin America

Pew Research Center·@Jcoleman·2 months ago
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In this survey of six Latin American countries, we asked about a variety of religious and spiritual practices, such as whether respondents pray daily, attend worship services weekly or wear religious symbols.18 Half or fewer of adults in each country engage in the practices we asked about – with the exception of daily prayer, which is reported by majorities of adults in Brazil (76%), Colombia (71%) and Peru (58%). In several countries, Protestants are more likely than Catholics to say they pray daily and attend worship services weekly. But Catholics are more likely than Protestants to wear or carry religious symbols and to light incense or candles for religious or spiritual purposes.19 Other findings from Pew Research Center’s 2024 survey of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru include: Women are more likely than men in these six countries to pray and to attend religious services, reaffirming a pattern that researchers have often observed around the world.…

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